Posts filed under 'Cheap printer cartridges'
Reader’s Question:
I have not used refills and unamed brands in my printer. Do those refills on printer ink now offered at stores really work? I don’t want to damage my inkjet.
Martha
Billings, MT
Ink refills actually work - you just have to make sure you choose the right ink designed for your make and model of printer. It is also possible to damage the printer by using the wrong type of ink.
Those ink refill kiosks in malls do a good job - let them do it and let them clean up the mess.
Now here comes the disadvantage. Refilling an ink cartridge will void a printer’s warranty. So if you are planning to take the printer back under warranty for repair, you better replace the refilled ink cartridge with a new one.
Also, I would suggest not refilling cartridges more than 2 or 3 times. They were never designed for extended use and you will notice a difference when you put a new cartridge in your printer.
May 17th, 2008
Reader’s Question:
I need a recommendation for the best printer for me to purchase. My
requirements are border to border printing on an 8 1/2 x 11 paper, non-fade pictures, good for maybe 5 years and low price per page.
Ashton
Babylon, NY
A Lexmark X3350 should be good for you but I’m not sure about getting 1200 pages out of it that quickly, but it’s a rather good printer. It can also do borderless printing on a lot of different sizes, including legal and standard letter (8.5″ x 11″).
Although it might get a little costly for the large amount of documents you want to print.
A better alternative is may always a laser printer because they are cheaper per page (in the long run), have much higher print resolutions, and can keep from fading for a rather good span of time.
The newer HP Photo Printers have a ink cartridge you can purchase for them that are supposedly able to “Resist fading for years to come” but not sure of the exacts there.
May 17th, 2008
Reader’s Question:
I am trying to work out whether it is much cheaper to buy a new b&w
laser printer compared with the colour inkjet I already own. What is the cheapest black & white printer cartridge for the HP LaserJet Printer 1022 and how many pages will it print before it runs out?
Harry
Amherst, NY
The 2000 pages is an estimate based on prints with 5 percent page coverage. The price of the original HP cartridge will depend only slightly between retailers, and this is the only cartridge HP manufactures for this printer. Compatible toner cartridges from other companies are built to be as identical to this HP cartridge as possible, so their yield will also be approximately 2000 pages. Compatible toner cartridges are much cheaper than original HP cartridges, but, there are very many manufacturers that make them, thus it is hard to determine which one is the cheapest.
I, myself, have had a positive experience when using compatible toner
cartridges with HP printers and I haven’t had a problem with them yet.
May 16th, 2008
Reader’s Question:
Can I get some tips on how to make ink cartridges for printers last longer. They are too expensive.
Naomi
Columbia, MO
Here are some tips to save on you ink cartridges:
1. Only print documents that are in black and white with a black ink cartridge. If you print black with a color ink cartridge, different colors are mixed to create the black ink. This would definitely deplete your color ink cartridge a lot faster than it would deplete a black ink cartridge.
2. Printing rough drafts in draft mode which is the lowest resolution setting will use up your precious ink cartridge much slower than a higher quality setting. When you are already ready to print the final version you can switch back to high quality mode.
3. If you will be needing a copy of a document for archival purposes only (for instance a receipt where you paid a bill online), use the lowest resolution possible.
4. Do not print the entire document if you only really need to print a part of it. If you print half of a document every time, your ink cartridges will last twice as long and if you can skip printing the images your ink cartridges will last even longer!
May 16th, 2008
Reader’s Question:
I think ink cartridges are ridiculously expensive! Can someone tell me why it is so expensive? is it really that valuable?
Kelly
Atlanta, GA
Ink cartridges are typically very expensive. Most people, therefore, use compatible ink cartridges (those made by a company other than the printer manufacturer) that can sometimes match the quality and much cheaper.
Consumers are usually surprised at the price of replacing their printer cartridges, especially when compared with that of purchasing a brand new printer. The major printer manufacturers, Lexmark, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Canon, Epson and Brother, often break even or lose money selling printers and expect to recoup their losses by selling cartridges over the life span of the printer. Since much of the printer companies profits are made up of ink and toner cartridge sales, some of these manufacturers have taken various actions to limit the options of consumers in using aftermarket cartridges.
May 8th, 2008
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